PAYMENT OF BETTING DEBT
COMMENT BY A JUDGE. Judge G a wan Taylor at Wigton, Cumberland, County Court lately made some remarks upon a method of recovering betting debts which, he said, was a growing practice. The case was one brought by a commission agent against a client, and the Judge was informed that the defendant had consented to judgment in order that his employers might not know of the transactions. It was further stated it was not an action to recover the bet, but the defendant was sued upon his acknowledgment to pay. The Judge said if the bet could not be recovered m law it could not be recovered upon agreement in writing. These actions for claiming bets and entering cases in Court seemed a form of blackmail. Every honourable man would pay a bet, but had the action been defended it was unlikely the plaintiff would have succeeded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19391, 28 July 1926, Page 14
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